FREE! Korg Volca Drum Patch Pack!

I'm super happy to be able to share with you my new, free patch pack for the Korg Volca Drum - 16 brand new kits exploring the Volca's exciting synthesis engine. You can hear each of the kits in this video and get the patches for free on my site here: www.oscillatorsink.com
Follow the patch links to open the patches in my free Volca Drum patch editor and send them to your Volca Drum - don't forget to save them to a kit slot.
I hope you enjoy playing with these kits as much as I did creating them!
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[@onceanquagh]

Just get one and this is still useful in 2024 ! ✌ Thank you for this easy understanding editor !

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I clearly haven’t even touched the capabilities of my Volca Drum. Very inspirational video.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you, I hope that you continue to explore it!

[@SwannyDavis]

Amazing patches! Thank you!

[@fincorrigan7139]

Superb work Alex, thank you for your consistent commitment to creativity and enduring spirit of generosity. One of a kind.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you for checking it out!

[@_s_p_a_r_k_e_s_7615]

Wow, these are awesome! Thanks so much for your work

[@sjkentucky]

Been loving these patches! Beautiful sounds.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@iosmusicman]

Thank you so much. I've just got my volca drum and will look forward to using your patch pack. I haven't yet used my volca bass either so I have those two plus a volca sample. Plenty of fun to be had if only I had the time!

[@gregorio_luque]

Vyla has really surprised me! You are really pushing forward the borders of this little synth!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Thanks for sharing both the browser interface along with the patches, much appreciated! My favorite: OS-Vyla, yet, love many of the sounds within Parts of all the Sound Kits.

[@Emorija]

Very very good as always! Keep playing VD, you are giving us so much motivation and inspiration! Thank you OS!

[@OscillatorSink]

Really pleased to hear that! I'm glad you liked the patches!

[@rickbustamante]

Greetings! I wanted to give a hearty "Thank You" for your super generous patch creation and sharing of those patches, WOW! Very few channels I watch share ANY downloadable content for free, if any at all, so thanks so much for that! Cannot believe the download happened as easily as it did, you put of work into this and as someone who has bought a bunch of gear recently and NOT had a lot of time to come up with different sounds, this was super inspiring. Thanks again, be well and safe, cheers man.

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers, and I'm glad you're enjoying the sounds!

[@shed_one]

Thank you for this! I've used a few of these as starting points to make my own kits and they've been a huge help. The pitch quantisation feature makes things very interesting.

[@OscillatorSink]

Agreed - that was added shortly after this pack was released, I suspect you'd have found more "bass and pluck" sounds in the pack of I'd had access to it!

[@leursdoigtsboulus7623]

Tremendous work man, you are a beast. I was looking, and working on the synth, for sounds like the Vyla patch you did, incredible job. A big thanks to share it for free 🙏 It helps a lot to better understand the functioning of this synth, and go deeper with it. Amazing ❤️

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers! Enjoy the patches!

[@SyncdAlien]

These sound great. 😍 The drum kits all sound great so I can't pick a favorite. Vyla offered the most intrigue. Very nice of you to provide for free! 👍👍

[@RobbekenSynthMusic]

Here here!

[@earlsfield]

again many thanks for this, i am enjoying these

[@FernandoLopez-gf2sr]

Great demo!!!!!

[@veeceeoh]

Lovely! It's so hard to choose, so I'll say OS-Vyla and OS-Gamalan are my two favorites. But I really like them all. Thank you yet again for sharing! Now I am inspired to share the better kits I've come up with.

[@OscillatorSink]

I look forward to hearing them!

[@EBHawellsGames]

I almost bought the PO-32 until I saw this video. Many of these kits are 💯🔥 Thank you so much for this patch!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks for checking them out - I'm glad you dig them!

[@heathbrady8510]

These are amazing! Revisiting after become a new owner of the volca drum… can’t wait to use them….or..more to the point , I can’t wait to work out if I can use them🤪

[@TheInart]

this is amazing man I was searching something like this for long time. thanks so much. I will use it for sure in my In Art Psicadelia project and share to you.

[@thisriver]

Thank you so much. Cheers from Chile!! . . . way down south.

[@Coconuts_music]

Well done! Amazing work, i’ll get it for sure, subscribed

[@OscillatorSink]

Welcome!

[@jonacthan]

amazing! thank you!

[@stefpir]

excellent work. 👍

[@tonywharton5220]

Thank you so much for your hard work.

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome.

[@JoeJohnston-taskboy]

Thanks for the Drum patches. I saved 7 of them in slots 9-16 (the Korg default kits were not that interesting to me). I think the reso, soft, retro, and chip ones caught my eye. Also, I loaded a couple of your FM patches into my Volca FM -- all of them sound great with the arpeggiator, as you probably already know. Thank you again for making these.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks for checking them out!

[@iamjamessmith]

Love this. OS Vyla made me GASP.

[@MicaelAzevedo]

They sound so tribal! I love them :) My fav patches: Os chip2 Os Vyla2 Os retro3 Os Reso1 Thanks for everything!!!

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome, I'm glad that you like them!

[@Samara.23]

Wow thank you so much for this!

[@OscillatorSink]

You're very welcome!

[@kees.vandenberg]

OS-Vyla...simply amazing!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@aptudo]

Outstanding. I like so many of them, it's hard to pick favorites! I particularly liked OS-Soft2, every OS-Retro, OS-Vyla (amazing work), OS-Deep2, and OS-Reso1.

[@OscillatorSink]

Ahh! I'm so glad that someone is digging the Retro ones. They were really good fun to make, but I was wondering if they were maybe a bit 'too retro'!

[@aptudo]

@@OscillatorSink Not too retro at all. I would that say they "evoke" classic drum machine sounds with a modern, softer twist! I have a hard time getting my patches to sound filtered the way contemporary drum machine sounds often do. You seem to be able to do it in your sleep!

[@OscillatorSink]

@@aptudo haha, thanks! Don't forget that if you heard something you liked particularly, you can really easily review it in the editor and see what's going on.

[@SouthShoreSonics]

Wonderful!

[@RKTMNofficial]

These are awesome!

[@OscillatorSink]

Glad you like them!

[@Two-Eyed_Boy]

Thanks for this! I don't own the Drum (yet?) But I will say that my owning the NTS-1 and FM were both informed by your development efforts!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Awesome, thanks! I appreciate it.

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers!

[@empirelight5477]

Cool beans! It works great. Thx!

[@compucorder64]

2:06 reminds me of the intro to Björk 'Venus as a Boy'. Memories ...

[@dinogoldie9716]

I can't pick a favourite. They're all good in their own ways. The Gamalan and Reso kits are crazy creative. Vyla would be amazing if the pitch scaling was easier to control/sequence. I like the first two soft kits (very headnod hip hop) but I'd change the non standard drum sounds. FM1 is on some Neptunes/NERD tip. I love the conga/hi-tom in Deep2.

[@fahrenheit1391]

Thank you mate! Great pack! Copy to my volca Gamalan pack 🤟🔥

[@Dr.Alarming]

Vyla sounds incredible.

[@dmg9544]

Thank you very much.

[@OscillatorSink]

You are very welcome.

[@synthzky6317]

FM-1 and Vyla are my favourites!

[@OscillatorSink]

I was super happy with how FM1 came out, so much that when I tried to do other kits that were primarily focused on FM sounds, I couldn't get anything I liked as much. That's why there's only one!

[@hellandro666]

Thanks man, its cool

[@thebadlung]

Fantastic, no idea that these things could take patches like this. Got a vocal drum a little while ago and love it, a few of these patches are very cool. I wish there was an easier way to snap the VDrum pitch so something more conventional, as it's potential as a little melodic voice is incredible. Thanks for this !

[@OscillatorSink]

I created the editor so we could share our patches around. On the subject of pitch: I'll have a video up soon talking about what is and isn't possible.

[@thebadlung]

@@OscillatorSink Amazing, I saw your part 1 melody video for the drum, just after i commented. Looking forward to it .

[@OscillatorSink]

@@thebadlung check out the firmware update Korg just released!

[@thebadlung]

@@OscillatorSink Thanks for the tip, I missed that, haven't gotten it yet but. I'm excited but now feel bad if you were half way through making another V-Drum video on pitch with, literally, yesterdays firmware .

[@guglielmofratticioli7773]

Nice Work!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@OscillatorSink]

@Guglielmo.Fratticioli just trying to find time to record it between a young baby and my day job getting super busy. It's coming though, I promise!

[@bernardogui3933]

great!

[@mikemeengs5720]

Nice job on the OSsoft "snare"! I find it odd when folks say the snare sucks on the Volca Drums. It's only as good as it's programmed! Nice "clap" on FM2 also!

[@dudfaz]

You are amazing!

[@OscillatorSink]

No, u.

[@dudfaz]

@@OscillatorSink 😆

[@sokoleski]

exxelent...cheers

[@tomasbaco5479]

Vyla is so cool, reminds me of Blade runner

[@lou19]

Thanks for making this video! I'm not a fan of the Drum' sound, yet it's my most used Volca and i enjoy making kits and semi-generative sequences. I hate it, i love it. Does it make sense?

[@lou19]

The Gamalan Kit sounds amazing btw ;-)

[@dinogoldie9716]

I've said it before but it needs saying again: Korg need to put you on their payroll as their Volca ambassador. Top work fella. I'm trying to finish my own first 16 kits so wont be downloading these atm but they've certainly given me some inspiration. Do you have any tips 'n tricks re hihat and cymbal synthesis? There's gotaa be more to the hihat recipe than short HP noise right? How do I add flavour to hats and crash cymbal noises? Cheers.

[@OscillatorSink]

Haha, thanks! I like to mix in some heavily FM'd oscillator (using the second modulation mode, high rate, set amount to taste) in with the noise to give it a metallic flavour. You can try that both with a short amp envelope to act as a "ping" at the start of the note or longer (and generally mixed in lower) to give it flavour. Give that a go.

[@dinogoldie9716]

Many thanks.

[@mikemeengs5720]

@@dinogoldie9716 I use one layer for the FM "ring", and the other for the wooden "stick" attack. Mix to taste!

[@ruxiwang9571]

the gamalan patch is truly imaginative.

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@ruxiwang9571]

@@OscillatorSink you are welcome. this machine offers great physical modeling, it would be much more useful if I can use midi in to control the pitch. if so I can play gamalan on it : )

[@tonipepperoni3424]

@@OscillatorSink that gamelan was not only just creative but it sounded really really good

[@bobasoif]

@@ruxiwang9571 so did you manage to make gamelan?

[@OscillatorSink]

Did you get to the end of this video? He's referring to a patch in this pack.

[@Unifono2012]

nice!!

[@OscillatorSink]

Cheers! 👍

[@bilkun]

oh wow

[@elektroluxfpv2860]

Thanks! Vyla is epic!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@elektroluxfpv2860]

@@OscillatorSink You should think about making a complete set of those Aphex twinian sounds... would be just great. Reso1 is really good too!

[@OscillatorSink]

@@elektroluxfpv2860 ah, that's tempting!..

[@elektroluxfpv2860]

@@OscillatorSink Btw, thanks for everything... The complete patches collection, the online apps... It's insanely kind of you.

[@OscillatorSink]

@@elektroluxfpv2860 thanks for checking it all out! There's no point in me doing it if no one is enjoying it, so it means a lot!

[@sombrerosocialclub4241]

my sunday has a meaning now!

[@OscillatorSink]

Haha, have fun with the patches!!

[@stanislavsidorov5631]

Very cool, always try to start make some stuff with Drum, but always have sounds like piu piu

[@stanislavsidorov5631]

Just got my new affordable midi interface to upload patches. OSCILLATORSINK, thank you very much it’s really good job, i mean wow, it’s sounds very well🏆

[@alexsicko]

pew pew xD ja, always end up with those electro sounds like even the hihats, 2nd layer has a bit of piu piu in it

[@claudiamatteolo1459]

Sounds like you are an elephant attempting precision work

[@itsmrh]

damn!

[@tiagolascas]

Hi! is it possible to have a random layer button on synthmata? that would be lovely congratz on the awesome program btw!

[@OscillatorSink]

Yes - I've been thinking about that. Trying to decide whether I want full random or guided though...

[@TellMeMyDream]

Wow wow wow wow! I disn't wven know that this was possible with the Volca Drum. How do you get it to play 4 bars (64 steps) ????

[@OscillatorSink]

You can just chain 4 patterns. But also don't forget that you can make a single pattern sound like more than 16 steps with different Active Steps per part and probability.

[@neonblack211]

wow the Vyla patch was immense like being hit by a train

[@svartsjokolade]

Thank you for your work, these sound awesome! I'm having a bit of trouble getting them across to the Volca though. I am running the latest firmware, MIDI RX Short Message is On, running on split channel 1-6 and using a Keystep as an interface. I've tried both Chrome and Opera with them both yielding the same result - I'm only getting 2 of the sounds per kit across while the others seem to be somehow "lost in translation" and completely different from the ones in the video. For example, on the Vyla kit the sounds associated with 1 and 5 work as intended - 2, 3 and 4 are various stages of white noise while 6 sounds like a rimshot. I'm missing something here but not too sure what. Help grealty appreciated!

[@OscillatorSink]

It sounds like the Keystep is struggling to keep up with the CC messages being sent (it doesn't manage the DX7 sysex at all). Do you have another midi interface you could try?

[@svartsjokolade]

@@OscillatorSink Unfortunately this is the only way I can send midi across for now but that's fine, it means I have some exploratory knob twisting ahead of me! Cheers for the reply :)

[@theseptopus]

Awesome! Thank you for these! Would USB to MIDI work for transferring these patches to the volca drum? Or is a true MIDI interface required?

[@OscillatorSink]

USB to midi cable is a true midi interface, just small so - yeah! Go for it!

[@theseptopus]

@@OscillatorSink excellent! Thanks for the reply!

[@SouthShoreSonics]

I thought I'd ask the expert. Do you think the Volca Drum is capable of making a Middle Eastern percussion kit? thanks

[@valdiskrebs566]

Very nice! Yes, Vyla is the standout... the rest are great. How many kits does the Volca Drum store?

[@OscillatorSink]

I love the fact that for most people, the favourite patch on the Drum Machine appears to be the least drum-like one! It can store 16 kits and 16 patterns (programs, actually - pattern + the kit that's associated with it).

[@valdiskrebs566]

Oscillator Sink Each kit can have 16 patterns? So 256 combinations in total? You are providing 16 kits and 1 pattern each? And how many steps in each pattern? 16?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@valdiskrebs566 no, it's 16 patterns, 16 kits, it's just that each pattern has a kit associated with it. I'm providing the 16 kits, you'll have to provide the patterns 😉

[@valdiskrebs566]

Oscillator Sink Every piece of gear seems to have its own terminology... and I am not a Volca person. So, for any of 16 patterns I create, I can choose one of 16 kits, and I can change the kit as the pattern plays? Your 16 kits replace the factory kits from Korg? (The machine can only store 16 kits?)

[@valdiskrebs566]

Oscillator Sink Sorry for the many questions... can the Vyla kit be tuned to a specific scale, like C minor?

[@OttosTheName]

I don't have a Volca Drums/Sample/Beats yet. I'm leaning towards the Sample partially because I can load African percussion sounds on to it. Do you think you could get reasonably close to the sound of a Djembe with the Volca Drum? I haven't found a good example yet and music stores that sell Volca's are far away. And another question, I think most Volca Drum demo's sound a little on the harsh side. I like the metallic sound, but I'd like to roll off some high end. Can you set a Low Pass Filter per sample?

[@OscillatorSink]

I'm not sure if you'd get a really convincing djembe, but it does do good general "percussion" sounds if you want. What you need to remember is that the Volca Drum isn't playing back samples - it's a synthesiser and the sounds are being created "from scratch". There isn't a filter per part (well there is on the noise sources, but not the overall part), but if you synthesise a mellow sound, then it'll be mellow. I think a number of the kits in this pack are pretty mellow, but maybe you disagree?

[@OttosTheName]

@@OscillatorSink Oh it doesn't have to be convincing, but it would be nice if you could make something that resembles it. There are some very nice sounds in this demo that sound pretty mellow, I especially like the OS-Reso1 and OS-Deep2 sounds. It's just that in general when I hear Volca Drum demo's I often hear some very interesting sounds that I would just like to make slíghtly less harsh. It just seems to be the overall character of the Volca Drum I think. Thanks for the quick reply :) I think I'm going for the Volca Sample first (and the NTS-1), but the Drum is also definitely on the list of stuff I want to own eventually. That reminds me, do you think you'll get the NTS-1? I'm very hyped about it, even just as an effects processor it seems like a lot of bang for the buck and the perfect Volca companion.

[@OscillatorSink]

@@OttosTheName I very much intend to pick up an NTS-1 yes!

[@yetkin.]

Is there a way to move an instrument part between kits? such as moving/copying the "snare" of 1st kit to 3rd kit etc...

[@OscillatorSink]

Not on the current firmware sadly.

[@user-kx5fs9jy1g]

Hey man, thanks so much for this. One question: is there anyway to export a kit that you have already saved on your Volca Drum to the editor (or anyway to back those up to a computer in general if that's not possible)?

[@OscillatorSink]

There's no MIDI output on the Volca Drum, so no, not to my knowledge anyway.

[@user-kx5fs9jy1g]

@@OscillatorSink Lol well that makes sense. What a bummer though. One quick question, if I save a patch from the editor as a midi file, how do I then load that back into the editor later?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@user-kx5fs9jy1g you can't currently. The best thing to do is create a sharable patch link and stick that in a text document or spreadsheet. That link contains the whole patch and going to it in your browser will load it in the editor.

[@user-kx5fs9jy1g]

@@OscillatorSink Got it. Thanks!

[@Gabrielowns321]

Hey man I am a noob to making electronic music, really appreciate the sounds! I'm having trouble getting these onto my volca drum, its hooked up to a Focusrite Saffire 6 MIDI interface (which is selected as you say to do in the instructions) but when I click send it does nothing?

[@OscillatorSink]

Make sure your Volca doesn't have a midi channel selected (ie it's in the split channel mode) and that the "Midi RX Short Message" setting is turned on in the global settings. Just to rule other stuff out - I'd suggest not running any DAW software at the same time and if you have another MIDI cable try that. Oh and also try moving the sliders in the interface - can you see that change parameters on the Volca?

[@Gabrielowns321]

@@OscillatorSink hey man im so sorry to have wasted your time, I realised i had to connect a MIDI cable (im such a noob) its working now though, thank you so much!!

[@Gabrielowns321]

i also appreciate the incredibly fast reply, keep up the amazing work man

[@boosha93]

late to the party but nice patches! how to you get the volca to play more then a 1 bar loop ?

[@OscillatorSink]

Well, you can chain patterns, but that's not what I'm doing here, I'm making use of the per step probability, so some steps don't always play, giving the illusion of a longer loop.

[@brokenscart7989]

These are awesome. But my, they will take a long time to transcribe. Is there a mega cheap MIDI interface anyone recommends that would work for loading these on?

[@OscillatorSink]

Roland UM-ONE mk 2.

[@dualtrx]

cool, now i need a volka drum

[@OscillatorSink]

You always needed one, you just didn't know it yet. I think you'll really dig it though, genuinely; the synthesis engine is just super focused by flexible within that framework. Really good fun.

[@kcat80]

same here! this sort of thing is exactly why I want one! great work again OS

[@BlasphemousButler]

Is it possible to use your Synthmata tool to save patches directly from the Volca Drum, or does it only save patches created within it? I'd love to backup my current kits and programs.

[@OscillatorSink]

The Volca Drum doesn't have midi out, so you can't even make a connection to do it, sorry.

[@proyectosynth7593]

I don't have a Volca Drum ( yet ) but it's so interesting to hear what you have done with it. Great !!!! Most of them are perfect for ... rhythm meditation ? ;)

[@OscillatorSink]

Rhythm Meditation is my Brand.

[@InkyDaCaT]

Thanks for sharing! You got a neutron yet?😉😁....(sorry😂🙌)

[@OscillatorSink]

Not. Yet.

[@WhiteyKnuckles]

I've just spent two hours trying to transfer your patch to my Drum via Chrome. I tried using a minijack-to-mini-jack, a Midi interface (Focusrite 2i2) and also midi directly to the compute's headphone in. I tried the sync and the headphone in on the Volca. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance :)

[@OscillatorSink]

I don't think the Focusrite 2i2 has a MIDI connection? You need to use a midi cable (a 5 pin DIN cable, not an audio jack) into the Volca Drum's midi in and the other end into a Midi interface of some kind. By the sounds of it you might not have a midi interface?

[@thomasprlic]

Just watched it again...are the patterns varying when they are repeated?

[@OscillatorSink]

Yes. So there'll be one or two factors playing into that depending on the pattern: 1. Some steps have probability applied so aren't firing every time the pattern repeats 2. Some parts have patterns with different numbers of active steps so there is some polymeter stuff happening as they roll over each other.

[@thomasprlic]

@@OscillatorSink that's really cool, thank you for the explanation!

[@trisnayoga7979]

Gamelan sounds amazing! i'm from Indonesia hahaha

[@OscillatorSink]

Thank you!

[@trisnayoga7979]

@@OscillatorSink thank you for making alot of synth content !!

[@austinmccandless7722]

Are you using a standard usb in-out midi converter cable to use the editor?

[@OscillatorSink]

Yes. Well, actually here I'm using the midi on my audio interface, but most USB midi cables should work fine.

[@austinmccandless7722]

Awesome! Thanks for your quick reply.

[@ericcroupe]

Last tune sounds like a rendition of an Aphex Twin track

[@OscillatorSink]

I'll take that!

[@ericcroupe]

@@OscillatorSink specifically sounds like one of the broken piano interlude ditties on druqs

[@OscillatorSink]

@@ericcroupe oh yeah, I can see that - I'm using the String physical model wave guide to provide a great deal of the sound there, so that whole prepared piano vibe makes sense.

[@ericcroupe]

@@OscillatorSink any plans for an in depth digitone+volca drum video? Would love to see someone setup a midi macro that acts like a ctrl-all for the digitone and external hardware at the same time

[@uno4805]

do i need a midi interface to download the kits to my korg, or does an midi to usb work?

[@OscillatorSink]

MIDI to USB is a MIDI interface - so you're all set!

[@Raven_of_Doom]

I'm a total noob to synths. How come with Vyla, which sounds great, you did not input any steps if that is the right term? you just showed us the sounds you made in the kit. Leaving it to us to make the pattern? thanks for all the work! I have a volca drum coming in a couple days

[@OscillatorSink]

It was just because it felt better to improvise a part rather than press play - that's all!

[@OscillatorSink]

Oh, and enjoy your Volca when it arrives - the Drum is my favourite of the lot!

[@Raven_of_Doom]

@@OscillatorSink good idea, especially with those sounds I think. One other thing OS, I just connected my yamaha mixer (has usb) to computer. I dont have a volca yet. But your website was saying "could not get midi access". There is no midi with the yahama mixer (that I was going to use as the interface to save money). So if this won't work, should I just get a cheap midi to usb adapter (if they exist) or should I spring for a read audio interface? thanks! (ps I'm thinking I just have to wait until the volca arrives and plug that into the yahama mixer; got confused because technically, nothing on this end is midi, meaning the volca or the yahama mixer, but I guess your download is midi info; told you I'm a noob)

[@OscillatorSink]

@@Raven_of_Doom if you just want a good, cheap USB MIDI Interface grab a Roland UM-ONE mk 2. No worries about the questions!

[@Raven_of_Doom]

@@OscillatorSink im trying to be DAWless so that's why i dont want to buy an interface. I'll see if i can make it work with the Yamaha. Im not being cheap (i ordered a dfam,strymon big sky and timeline). Just dont want something im going to use once. The mixer i use for guitar/bass. Ps that Roland thing is reallt cheap lol, I'll get that if this doesnt work, thanks again!

[@AXmax-zr8tl]

Hello, I am a complete beginner. How do I connect my Volca drum to the Windows PC to transfer a patch? thanks for any help. Congratulations to oscillatorsink for these patches.

[@OscillatorSink]

You will need a USB midi interface. If you have an audio interface with midi, then that will work, otherwise you can get something like the Roland UM-ONE mk 2. There are cheaper options, which are sometimes fine, but I'd stick to something reliable like the Roland.

[@AXmax-zr8tl]

Thank you very much for your help. I will order a usb interface. Have a nice day.

[@nicholasburrage1853]

join the korg volca drum group! facebook.com/groups/volcadrum

[@marcoagius6926]

Hi! Which drum machine would you choose? This or the alesis sr16 drum machine? Thanks

[@OscillatorSink]

They are so very, very different, almost doesn't make sense to compare them. I'd choose the Volca personally, but what kind of drum sounds do you want? What sort of music are you making?

[@marcoagius6926]

@@OscillatorSink more like synthwave. Any drum machines these days that have that 80's simmons drum sounds?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@marcoagius6926 personally for those sounds, I would look at something that you could just load samples of those machines into - maybe something like the Elektron Model:Samples if this is the kind of price range you're looking at. You definitely don't want the Volca Drum for those sounds and the SR16 is probably too hi-fi for that kind of sound too. Loading your own samples into something will definitely be the way to go at this price.

[@marcoagius6926]

@@OscillatorSink thanks for your reply!

[@davidzubek5035]

I did everything like you said but it seems to be sending me completely random patches.... any idea how to fix it?

[@OscillatorSink]

Is your Volca Drum in split channel mode (each drum on a separate midi channel)? Are you running the up-to-date firmware?

[@TheMainSilverSultan]

Could you recoment a cable to connect to PC? Thank you!

[@OscillatorSink]

For midi? Roland UM-ONE MK 2.

[@joseph-the-seventh]

What's the easiest way to connect Volca Drum to my iMac? I just realized my old Presonus audio interface doesn't even work with the latest version of MacOS.

[@OscillatorSink]

There are simple USB Midi interfaces which should work. I usually recommend the Roland UM-ONE mk 2, but make sure that there is support on macOS right now because frankly, you never can tell!

[@vasilijkozacuk7072]

Come on Mate!!! Do you know you are COSMOS!!!

[@Old_Man_Jay]

I dont know why but when I send the patches some times 1 or 2 of the parts sound nothing like the video. Anyone have any idea why??

[@OscillatorSink]

It is either: You need to have your Volca set to split channel mode. Go into global settings and turn off which ever midi channel is set up. Or You aren't running the current firmware.

[@earlsfield]

btw OS soft 1 - for whatever reason it does not sound even close to the demo, maybe something happened on its dedicated page?

[@OscillatorSink]

Huh. I'll have to check that later. If the others are working for you then it might be worth trying to send it again - sometimes interfaces aren't keen on the sudden blast of cc messages.

[@earlsfield]

@@OscillatorSink It was definitely my midi interface (s) messing around with cc, one of the ghost in the machine moments. Why only two parts out of the whole kit, that is a strange one. Basically, part 2 and 3 sounded super heavily folded and messed up. This tool you are using btw, is amazing for creating your own patches and having nice visualisation of what you are doing on the interface. So false alarm, sorry.

[@OscillatorSink]

@@earlsfield all good - glad I hadn't messed up the patches! I think I need to throttle the rate of the midi messages a bit. There's even a comment in the code wondering if that'd be a good idea.

[@softpaywall]

@@OscillatorSink This is happening to me 2 years on. OS soft 1 parts sound nothing like what you have in the video. All other kits sound just fine and in line with your video.

[@apanebia]

hi i want to download these patches into my volca drum. there are no links to download I saw: if I understand correctly the transfer happens using yours online editor by connecting a midi interface from the pc to volca drums’ midi in. i don't have a pc but only an ipad. if i use a midi interface compatible with ipad like the Roland UN-ONE MK2 can i pass the patches to volca drum?

[@OscillatorSink]

No. Apple refuse to add WebMidi to Safari unfortunately.

[@apanebia]

@@OscillatorSink ok thank you so much

[@apanebia]

@@OscillatorSink with Mac also?

[@OscillatorSink]

@@apanebia yes but you'll need to use Chrome or a browser based on it like Opera. The problem on iOS is that *all* browsers are actually just frames around Safari.

[@apanebia]

@@OscillatorSink ok thank you so much again

[@TheDjFac]

I love how each kit demo cleverly uses triggering probability to make a pseudo 64 steps sequence !!!

[@OscillatorSink]

Thanks! I'm also using different active step counts per part too.

[@TheDjFac]

@@OscillatorSink oh great! I forgot this huge improvement too!!! Active step per voice!!!! Thanx again!

[@brokenscart7989]

I’m transcribing these manually and some just do not sound the same as your video. They’re close! But off in like tone. I’ve checked the model type, send, and wave guide settings etc.. any advice..?

[@OscillatorSink]

Without hearing in what way they're off... I'm not sure what to tell you... "Off" how?

[@brokenscart7989]

Thanks for the fast reply. So an example is part 6 on chip1. Yours is higher pitched and fuller sounding, with a few like arcade game feel. Mine has the same strike and tail off but it’s almost entirely a bass sound, low pitched. Your part 2 is almost like a gun sound or a balloon pop, mine is more like just a noise strike. I’m going to double check quickly.. Scratch that, I’d missed the processing settings on part 6.. I’ll review part 2 again.. it must be me. Thanks so much for this, these are great sounds and good for learning how to use the machine. And spot your own mistakes, apparently..

[@brokenscart7989]

@@OscillatorSink hmm, part 2 does seem to be the same. Surely it’s me though.

[@OscillatorSink]

@@brokenscart7989 sounds like maybe you missed the waveform type for that part? Remember that there are 3 different noise modes as well...

[@lazyButAlive]

when i click on the different packs, synthmata.com opens with default drum settings.... any help please!

[@OscillatorSink]

What browser are you using? Have you allowed midi permissions?

[@lazyButAlive]

@@OscillatorSink ahh ye! used chrome and thats all what it needed. feeling stupid now thanks for the quick response!

[@slimpyman]

you said browsers that support weppidy? I really replayed that word a couple dozens of times, and have no idea what you said!? help me out!

[@OscillatorSink]

Web Midi

[@OscillatorSink]

So that's Chrome and browsers based on Chromium - Opera, new Edge, etc.

[@TheInart]

how I can download it if have a Mac?

[@OscillatorSink]

Install and use Chrome as your browser. It's cross platform, but you need a browser that supports midi (Safari doesn't).

[@samueldecker2406]

Dang it, it didn't work for me even with Chrome allowing MIDI and the volca drum firmware updated to 115. But at least I can manually copy the values of each parameter to get the sounds.

[@OscillatorSink]

Do you have the Volca set to a specific midi channel? It needs to be in the default split channel mode. That's the usual cause of issues. Otherwise it's usually a problem with the midi interface.

[@samueldecker2406]

@@OscillatorSinkyou're right you superstar! It was the MIDI interface. I changed it and got everything to work. Great patches, thank you!! Now the question is how do you use a MIDI controller or DAW sequencer with it? I don't know why each sound is on a different MIDI channel. That makes it tough. You must have to rewire something in a DAW.

[@OscillatorSink]

You can set it to work on a single midi channel (details in the manual) - just bear in mind that it won't work with my editor in that mode. On the DAW front, not to brag, but as a Reaper user, the drum per channel makes no difference to me as that's easy to do on one track 😎... But yes single channel mode might he easier for you.

[@3three3three3three]

i was hoping it was possible to get a snare that didn't sound like a hand clap. guess there's no way around that. OS-Soft1 comes the closest in that regard

[@OscillatorSink]

You can get snare-y snares, I just enjoyed making claps in this pack I guess. Combine one layer doing a fast tonal blip (like a tom sound but quicker decay) with the other doing a longer band or low pass noise sound for the rattle.

[@3three3three3three]

@@OscillatorSink oh ok. thanks for the advice. i was struggling

[@OscillatorSink]

I should probably follow up my videos that I've already done on Kicks and Cymbals to talk about snares...

[@3three3three3three]

@@OscillatorSink that'd be badass. and i'll definitely watch those videos

[@OscillatorSink]

@@3three3three3three still up for me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpakgmOMmbxjedk